changeset 35:b023ccc23f56

cleaning up ideas.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Sun, 21 Apr 2013 03:32:37 +0000
parents 80f2525cf393
children a09d3b045bcd
files org/ideas.org
diffstat 1 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-) [+]
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     1.1 --- a/org/ideas.org	Sun Apr 21 03:18:03 2013 +0000
     1.2 +++ b/org/ideas.org	Sun Apr 21 03:32:37 2013 +0000
     1.3 @@ -107,93 +107,103 @@
     1.4       eyes closed. slogan: want to make a movie people can't take their
     1.5       eyes off of? Just take those parts out!
     1.6  
     1.7 +- capture reading of a scientific atricle via screen capture while
     1.8 +  people read it, then use it to make the article better. like the
     1.9 +  movie-pruning idea.
    1.10 +
    1.11 +- super reading program that teaches people the ideal mental mask to
    1.12 +  apply during reading so as to read very fast. 
    1.13 +
    1.14  - explosive thermite epoxy putty (one part would contain the rust, one
    1.15    part the alumimum)
    1.16  
    1.17 -super reading program that teaches people the ideal mental mask to apply during reading so as to read very fast.
    1.18 -capture reading of a scientific atricle via screen capture while people read it, then use it to make the article better. like the movie-pruning idea.
    1.19 +- use the above screen capture routine to make a quiz program tha
    1.20 +  constructs questions about the content you seemed to gloss over
    1.21 +  while reading. could be easy if the pdf came with embedded
    1.22 +  questions.  Dylan: automatically generate word-cloud about the parts
    1.23 +  you found most interesting; help others who read the same stuff by
    1.24 +  drawing attention to the interesting parts.
    1.25  
    1.26 +- make a samurai sword, but use osmiridum instead of martensite for
    1.27 +  the cutting part; it should be a better sword.
    1.28  
    1.29 -Oct 27, 2009
    1.30 +- use the induction technology used to recharge electric toothbrushes
    1.31 +  with no metal links to send data -- without any metal at all!
    1.32  
    1.33 -use the above screen capture routine to make a quiz program tha constructs questions about the content you seemed to gloss over while reading. could be easy if the pdf came with embedded questions.
    1.34 -Me:
    1.35 -automatically generate word-cloud about the parts you found most interesting; help others who read the same stuff by drawing attention to the interesting parts.
    1.36 +- reading is a form of synsethesia
    1.37  
    1.38 -Oct 27, 2009
    1.39 +- A machine which translates the text eg, "ACTGAC" into actual DNA
    1.40  
    1.41 -Also, a computer which analyzes the word-cloud could learn a lot about what stuff is important to humans on average, and what stuff is important only to few. Maybe make extrapolations, help with its search
    1.42 -through solution space.
    1.43 +- ferro-fluid magnetic field suspended micro generator to make
    1.44 +  electricity
    1.45  
    1.46 -make a samurai sword, but use osmiridum instead of martensite for the cutting part; it should be a better sword.
    1.47 -use the induction technology used to recharge electric toothbrushes with no metal links to send data -- without any metal at all!
    1.48 -reading is a form of synsethesia
    1.49 -Me: imagination is [targeted] self-stimulation of sensory inputs in the CNS?
    1.50 -dreaming too?
    1.51 +- alcohol/fluid flow powered battery
    1.52  
    1.53 -Oct 27, 2009
    1.54 +- folding razor blade sword
    1.55  
    1.56 -A machine which translates the text eg, "ACTGAC" into actual DNA
    1.57 -Me: a machine which can build a constructor of amino acids with R-chains that do not naturally occur.
    1.58 -a machine which attempts to create constructors of various compounds via biological algorithms in micro-lab instances.
    1.59 +- learn perfect pitch using another sense in combination (sight or
    1.60 +  touch)
    1.61  
    1.62 -Oct 27, 2009
    1.63 +- kaleidoscope projector
    1.64  
    1.65 -ferro-fluid magnetic field suspended micro generator to make electricity
    1.66 -Me: Combine with remote charging by induction
    1.67 +- razor blade de-sharpener (for guilt free disposal)
    1.68  
    1.69 -Oct 27, 2009
    1.70 +- bricks filled with luminescent plant material
    1.71  
    1.72 -alcohol/fluid flow powered battery
    1.73 -folding razor blade sword
    1.74 -learn perfect pitch using another sense in combination (sight or touch)
    1.75 -kaleidoscope projector
    1.76 -razor blade de-sharpener (for guilt free disposal)
    1.77 -bricks filled with luminescent plant material
    1.78 -metal grids with seeds inside, which grow together and form a durable biological matrix. The metal substrate delivers water. (maybe use plastic instead of metal?)
    1.79 -Me: enrich plants with inorganic compounds; electrical interfaces in cellular plant matter => remote-controlled photosynthetic/bioluminescent structures.
    1.80 -conducting extracellular matrix
    1.81 +- metal grids with seeds inside, which grow together and form a
    1.82 +  durable biological matrix. The metal substrate delivers
    1.83 +  water. (maybe use plastic instead of metal?)  Dylan: enrich plants
    1.84 +  with inorganic compounds; electrical interfaces in cellular plant
    1.85 +  matter => remote-controlled photosynthetic/bioluminescent
    1.86 +  structures.
    1.87  
    1.88 -Oct 27, 2009
    1.89 +- conducting extracellular matrix
    1.90  
    1.91 -cross-modal memory hashing
    1.92 -flossing thimble-gaurds
    1.93 -integrate lattice learning with rules by generating hypothetical examples
    1.94 -wooden refridgerator to give food a better taste
    1.95 +- cross-modal memory hashing
    1.96  
    1.97 -Me: like barrels for wine, or planks for salmon. Maybe just have "flavor planks" for your pre-existing fridge. Need to mitigate effect of temperature on volatility?
    1.98 +- flossing thimble-gaurds
    1.99  
   1.100 -Oct 27, 2009
   1.101 +- integrate lattice learning with rules by generating hypothetical
   1.102 +  examples
   1.103  
   1.104 -radioactive transmutation molecule by molecule -- create precious metals or something else economically advantageous.
   1.105 -innolculate food with tons of harmless bacteria so that there's no room for bad bacteria as a method of preservation
   1.106 -pasteur - style holding jar with siphon as a way to store liquids ar room temperature indefinately w/o refridgeration.(7/26/2009)
   1.107 -Throw rude people out of resturant as a matter of course -- make ambiance much better.
   1.108 -make something that mixes soap with firehydrant water (and reduces the pressure a bit) and use it to clean windows of buildings.
   1.109 -make an ocarina out of pure silver
   1.110 -fire pen -- pen which burns words on to the page, thus never needing any ink. Is ther a way to make it runnable from the human's energy?
   1.111 +- wooden refridgerator to give food a better taste Dylan: like barrels
   1.112 +  for wine, or planks for salmon. Maybe just have "flavor planks" for
   1.113 +  your pre-existing fridge. Need to mitigate effect of temperature on
   1.114 +  volatility?
   1.115  
   1.116 -Me: like kinetic flashlights, shake to generate energy (magnet through a solenoid is how they do it, i think)
   1.117 +- radioactive transmutation molecule by molecule :: create precious
   1.118 +     metals or something else economically advantageous.
   1.119  
   1.120 -Oct 27, 2009
   1.121 +- innolculate food with tons of harmless bacteria so that there's no
   1.122 +  room for bad bacteria as a method of preservation
   1.123  
   1.124 -website to design your own soda, and label, and have it mailed to you / sell it from your own online store.
   1.125 -Me: like CAD online only with flavor extracts, other ingredients.
   1.126 -Have a set of modular machinery [BAKE, SMASH, PULVERIZE, ...] and ingredients. Requests?
   1.127 +- pasteur - style holding jar with siphon as a way to store liquids ar
   1.128 +  room temperature indefinately w/o refridgeration.(7/26/2009)
   1.129  
   1.130 -Oct 27, 2009
   1.131 +- Throw rude people out of resturant as a matter of course -- make
   1.132 +  ambiance much better.
   1.133  
   1.134 -solar panels that float on the ocean
   1.135 -handcuffs with more than two cuffs (3?) -- great for daisy chaining prisoniers, binding them to environment, etc.
   1.136 -vector based SOUND files. --- like the pictures but with SOUND.
   1.137 +- make something that mixes soap with firehydrant water (and reduces
   1.138 +  the pressure a bit) and use it to clean windows of buildings.
   1.139  
   1.140 -Me: Essentially a MIDI file?
   1.141 +- make an ocarina out of pure silver
   1.142  
   1.143 -Oct 27, 2009
   1.144 +- fire pen :: pen which burns words on to the page, thus never needing
   1.145 +              any ink. Is ther a way to make it runnable from the
   1.146 +              human's energy?
   1.147  
   1.148 -even better than PREVIOUS -- codify sound in a language with enough symbols so that it can describe everything and encode it in that. would be like going from speech to text or smtg.
   1.149 -Me: Build off of IPA?
   1.150 -Need to encapsulate nonsense sounds produced by babies
   1.151 +- website to design your own soda, and label, and have it mailed to
   1.152 +  you / sell it from your own online store.
   1.153 +
   1.154 +- solar panels that float on the ocean
   1.155 +- handcuffs with more than two cuffs (3?) :: great for daisy chaining
   1.156 +     prisoniers, binding them to environment, etc.
   1.157 +
   1.158 +- vector based SOUND files :: like the pictures but with SOUND. codify
   1.159 +     sound in a language with enough symbols so that it can describe
   1.160 +     everything and encode it in that. would be like going from speech
   1.161 +     to text or smtg. This would store sound as an image of the
   1.162 +     wavefront encoded as a vector image.
   1.163  
   1.164  Oct 27, 2009
   1.165